Fall Reading Challenge: Size Matters by Cathryn Novak (Melissa’s review)

 

Size Matters
written by Cathryn Novak
published by She Writes Press, 2016

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Did I enjoy the book: I did indeed. I read the whole thing during my daughter’s afternoon nap (and still had time for a quick catnap myself before she woke up). Novak’s prose is refreshingly lovely, and I’m impressed at her dedication to food-themed language. I stumbled a bit getting used to her tense choices, but I fault myself, not her. I’m still not sure whether Lexie and John Frederick’s relationship is meant to be romantic, but Love is Love, and they’re both clearly full of it. I can see this book on a required reading list in a creative writing class. Well done, Ms. Novak.

 

Golden Line 

“Well, he is a rather kind frog, and even amphibian friendship might not be such a bad thing, given the lack of other candidates.”

 

 

 

About the book – from Goodreads: John Frederick is a man of considerable substance, in every sense of the word. Rich, intelligent, reclusive, and very large, John Frederick lives to eat. His everyday needs are tended to by Mrs. Floyd, his house manager, and by a never-ending parade of personal chefs.
Enter Lexie Alexander, the latest applicant for that once-again vacant position. A young woman of magical sensibilities, fresh out of culinary school and still recovering from a recent personal tragedy, Lexie lives to cook. As time passes, a love of food, musical comedy, and tea begins to weave a connection between John Frederick and his new chef but then a major medical crisis completely turns life at Frederick House upside down, threatening the bond John Frederick and Lexie have forged.
Size Matters is the story of how people interact with each other and with the world, and what happens when the structure of a person s life, their self-image, and all their familiar coping mechanisms are shattered.”